TY - BOOK AU - Barrow, John D. TI - 100 ESSENTIAL THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT MATHS AND THE ARTS SN - 9781847922311 U1 - 510 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - The Bobley Head KW - Mathematics — Popular works. KW - Mathematics and science KW - Mathematical models — Popular works. KW - Mathematics — Philosophy KW - Mathematics — Study and teaching N1 - At first glance, the worlds of math and the arts might not seem like comfortable neighbors. But as mathematician John D. Barrow points out, they have a strong and natural affinity--after all, math is the study of all patterns, and the world of the arts is rich with pattern. Barrow whisks us through 100 thought-provoking and often whimsical intersections between math and many arts, from the golden ratios of Mondrian's rectangles and the curious fractal-like nature of Pollock's drip paintings to ballerinas' gravity-defying leaps and the next generation of monkeys on typewriters tackling Shakespeare"--Dust jacket flap ER -